2002 Junior

JUNIOR DIVISION

Questions 1 - 10, 3 marks each

1. The value of 1 + 12 + 8 + 9 is

(A) 20 (B) 21 (C) 29 (D) 30 (E) 31

2. How many different letters of the alphabet are used in the word
‘COOTAMUNDRA’, the birth place of Don Bradman?

(A) 6 (B) 7 (C) 8 (D) 9 (E) 10

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4. 103 + 102 + 10 + 1 is equal to

(A) 1001 (B) 1010 (C) 1011 (D) 1110 (E) 1111

5. 1.1 × 0.7 equals

(A) 77 (B) 7.7 (C) 0.77 (D) 0.707 (E) 7.07

6. The price, per litre, of petrol at two different service stations is

111.4 c and 94.8 c. The difference, in cents, between the two prices
is

(A) 17.4 (B) 16.6 (C) 17.6 (D) 7.6 (E) 15.6

7. All of the figures below are made up from four squares of equal area.
Which figure has a perimeter which is different from the others?
(A) (B) (C)

(D) (E)
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8. A radio station decides to play 4 Australian songs per hour. The

number of Australian songs the radio station should play between
6 am Tuesday and 7 pm Wednesday in the same week is

(A) 144 (B) 96 (C) 100 (D) 92 (E) 148

9. Which of the following values can replace the square to make the
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value of between 6 and 7?
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(A) 36 (B) 40 (C) 45 (D) 50 (E) 60

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How many edges does the new shape have?

(A) 24 (B) 28 (C) 32 (D) 36 (E) 40

Questions 11 - 20, 4 marks each

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11. Which of the following is midway between and ?
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(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
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13. A box weighs 242 kg when full and 188 kg when half full. How much
does it weigh, in kilograms, when empty?

(A) 94 (B) 268 (C) 134 (D) 54 (E) 108

14. Angle P QR is equal to 138◦ . SQ BP S

is perpendicular to QR and QT B
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15. The winner of the ‘Bridge to Bridge’ speedboat race travelled 34 km

in 18 minutes. The winner’s average speed, in kilometres per hour,
is closest to

(A) 113 (B) 96 (C) 189 (D) 120 (E) 102

16. I have a suitcase which measures 70 cm × 50 cm × 30 cm. Given

that one cubic centimetre equals one millilitre, what is the volume,
in litres, of my suitcase?

(A) 10.5 (B) 105 (C) 1050 (D) 10 500 (E) 105 000

17. Suppose an Australian dollar is worth 55 US cents. An Australian

tourist in the USA buys an item worth $US100 and pays $A200.
What should the change be in $US?

(A) 5 (B) 10 (C) 15 (D) 20 (E) 25

18. A survey is taken of 30 people on Cottesloe Beach to determine

how safety conscious they are. It found that 20 swim between the
flags, 18 wear sunscreen and 9 do both. How many of these people
observed neither safety measure?

(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3 (E) 4

19. On a twenty-four-hour digital clock whose display ranges from

00 : 00 to 23 : 59 , how many times during one day does the
display show a palindrome? (A palindrome is a number that is the
same forwards as backwards, for example 02 : 20 , 23 : 32 .)

(A) 12 (B) 16 (C) 17 (D) 18 (E) 20

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20. If you have 50 c, $2 and $1 coins, in how many ways can you make
up $10?

(A) 21 (B) 36 (C) 30 (D) 33 (E) 35

Questions 21 - 30, 8 marks each correct response, 0 marks

each incorrect response, 3 marks each no response

21. In this multiplication, P QRS is a four P Q R S

digit number and P , Q, R and S stand × 9
for different digits. Which of the follow- S R Q P
ing statements is not true?

(A) P QRS is divisible by 9 (B) P = 1 (C) Q = 0

(D) R = 7 (E) S = 9

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(A) 109 (B) 111 (C) 113

(D) 115 (E) 117

23. Given 5 consecutive positive whole numbers, which of the following

is not always true?
(A) the middle number is the average of the second and fourth
numbers
(B) the sum of all 5 numbers is divisible by 5
(C) at least one of the numbers is divisible by 3
(D) three of the numbers are divisible by 2
(E) the middle number is the average of the first and last numbers
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24. The numbers from 1 to 9 inclusive are to be
placed one per square in the figure on the
right so that the total of the five numbers in
the horizontal row is the same as the total
of the five numbers in the vertical column.
Given that the numbers 4, 7 and 9 are in the
positions shown, how many different possible x 4 9 7
values of x are there?
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 5

25. What are the last 5 digits of the sum

1 + 11 + 111 + · · · + 111
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2002 digits

(A) 11012 (B) 54321 (C) 10101 (D) 21212 (E) 01012

26. One hundred and twenty 5 cent coins are placed in a row. Every
second coin is then replaced with a 10 cent coin. Every third coin
is then replaced with a 20 cent coin. Every fourth coin is then
replaced with a 50 cent coin. Finally, every fifth coin is replaced
with a dollar coin. The total value of the 120 coins in a row is now

(A) $40 (B) $44 (C) $44.40 (D) $46 (E) $48

27. The smallest number of 5 cm by 30 cm rectangles which can be

fitted together to make a large rectangle with sides in the ratio
5 : 4 is

(A) 30 (B) 40 (C) 60 (D) 120 (E) 24

28. A 4 × 4 antimagic square is an arrangement in

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a square of the numbers from 1 to 16 so that
the totals of each of the four rows and four 9 3 7
columns and two diagonals are ten consecutive 12 13 5
numbers in some order. The diagram shows 10 11 6 4
an incomplete antimagic square. When it is
completed, what number will replace the asterisk?

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 8 (D) 15 (E) 16

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(A) 192 (B) 196 (C) 198 (D) 200 (E) 202

30. Note that 1 + 2 + 3 + 45 + 6 + 78 + 9 = 144. In how many other

ways is it possible to make a total of 144 using only 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,
7, 8, and 9 in that order and addition signs?

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 5

Answer to AMC test paper (Junior 2002)